A cherry dining room table to seat 4-6 people. This was designed by my friend’s mom speifically for her dining room.

A mahogany end table with some quilted bigleaf maple veneered onto the front and top. The mahogany was salvaged from an old church pew that was being thrown away.

A pair of black walnut crotchwood end tables, with big leaf maple base.

Another shot of the pair of black walnut crotchwood end tables, with big leaf maple base.

A slab cherry coffee table. This slab came from a very old tree that died and fell. There was a lot of rot and other damage that had to be accounted for. The butterfly joints in the surface are to prevent cracks from spreading.

A 10 person cherry dining table with removable leaves on each end.

Another shot of the cherry dining table.

A coffee table using fumed white oak. This is a traditional process of darkening white oak wood using ammonia. This process oxidizes the heartwood, which darkens it and creates more of an ‘antique’ look. It also is a very even stain that penetrates deeper than a modern brushed on stain.

A live edge queen bedframe using figured bigleaf maple wood.

Another photo of the live edge queen bedframe using figured bigleaf maple wood.

A live edge queen bedframe using elm wood.

Another photo of the live edge queen bedframe using elm wood.

A few framed prints using golden chain tree wood. This is a really unusual species of small ornamental tree that produces incredible hard and beautiful wood.

A small endtable made with figured big leaf maple, and mortise and tenon joints.

In this photo I’m using a traditional hand plane to smooth the surface of a board. before the advent of sandpaper, people used a variety of planes to help smooth a wood surface. Finishing furniture like this is more fun than using sandpaper, and can even be faster depending on what type of wood you’re using.